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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
Sorry, but life (and most issues) can't be answered with just a...yes or no.
And I have never, not even once, said that a LEO doesn't have the right and justification in using deadly force...to protect themselves if their own life is in jeopardy.
From all of the facts, video and eye-witness statements of this incident though...I don't believe deadly force was justified.
Then add the cops actions afterward and.... 
Since you seem to like yes/no questions though...I have one for you.
Feel free, as I have, to expand on just...the yes or no choice.
Do you believe that more blacks (percentage wise), especially young black men, are stereotyped/stopped/hassled/arrested...more often than young white men in the exact same circumstances?
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You did not answer my question, but I'll answer yours, although you have lumped several questions and statements into one. Yes, more young black men are stopped and more are shot because they commit more crimes and/or fail to comply with a policeman's reasonable request. (This is not denying there are bad cops out there.)
My local paper publishes the pictures of criminals, and it is so sad to see 2 out of 3 are minorities, despite them only making up about 18% of the population. So blaming racism on all the ills of our minority community results in not solving the real issues.
Let's imagine a world where racism ended today and there were no more Confederate or slave owners' statues, no military bases with slave owner names, the book and movie "Gone with the Wind" is banned, etc. Is this going to solve the real problems of the minority community of poverty, atrocious high school dropout rates, young girls condemned to a life of poverty by dropping out of school and having babies, drug use, and most importantly, the breakdown of the family unit- too many children are being raised by one parent or a grandmother or aunt? What if we had real political leaders who created real programs to address these issues? In my imaginary world, everyone stays in school, goes to a trade school or college, and has a $75,000/year job.